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Both groups were founded by people from many different groups, although NIMN was a bit more top-heavy with communist party founders.

As far as communism not working, you haven't seen communism not working.  What you have seen is the US interfering in the workings of communist countries.   The Corporate Masters are hellbent on making sure that communist countries collapse.  

In the US, we've seen communist policies that have been adopted from time to time working brilliantly.  Food and gas rationing/coupon books during WWII, for example.  When a free market would have meant that only the rich would have been able to get meat or sugar or gasoline.  "To each, according to his need".
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